Bolting mechanism for rotary-door safes or vaults.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

W. BRINTON.

BOLTING MEGHANISM FR ROTARY DOOR SAFES 0R VAULTS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.1,1904.

3 SHEETS-SHBBT l.

No. 793,345. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. W. BRINTON. BOLTNG MEOHANISM FOR ROTARY DOOR SAFES OR VAULTS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.1,1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 793,345. l O PATENTBD JUNE 27, 1905. W. BRINTON.

BOLTING MEOHANISM FOR ROTARY DOOR SAFBS OR VAULTS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.1,1904A 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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@NTTED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WA LTER BRI NTON, (.)F I'IIGIIBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIHNOR TO TAYLOR IRON ANI) STEEL COMPANY, A (77()EPURATION OF N ElV JERSEY.

BOLTING MECHANISNI FOR ROTARY-DOOR SAFES OR VAULTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,345, dated June 27, 1905. Appnmnmi inta october 1, 1904. stan No. 226,742.

Be it known that I, Lu/run BmN'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing' in Highbridge, in the county' of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolting' Mechanism for Rotary-Door Safes or Vaults, of which the following' is a specilication.

The present improvement relates to locking or bolting mechanism particularly adapted for use with rotary-door safes and is especially organized for connection with an automatic for governing' the manipulation of such boltmechanism. the present improvement being especially designed for use in connection with that form of safe shown in my two coutemporaneously pending' applications, Serial Nos. 104,655 and Q'GAT'Z, liled, respectively, February 223, 1004:, (now Patent No. 771,704, dated )ctol er4, 1004s) and SeptemberZS), 1904, in which a rotary door is maintained in its seat by means of locking-lugs having' plane meeting' or locking' faces.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved organization of mechanism in which rotatable bolts are controlled in their movements by an automatic, which in turn is controlled by lock mechanism, such as time lock mechanism.

(.)ne of the objects of the present invention is the provisitm of bolting mechanism which while operated by a spindle has its retracting' movement governed by an automatic.

A further object of the invention is the provision of bolting mechanism including clutch mechanism under the control of an automatic, having' means for controlling the automatic until the bolts have been protracted.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved organization of bolting' mechanism in which right and left hand threaded rotatable bolts may be used.

ln the drawings accompanying' and forming part of this specilication, Figure 1 is an interior view of a portion of a door, showing' this improved bolting mechanism. Fig. 2 isa sectional view of the door, taken on linea ft, Fig'.

3, looking' toward the rear of such door. Fig. 3 is a view taken on line l), Fig'. 2; and Fig'. 4 a sectional perspective view showing' the 5o means provided for securing' the door in its seat against both rotary movement and the withdrawal thereof, such view illustrating' the particular manner in which the parts are assembled with relation to each other. 55

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding' parts in the several lig'ures of the drawings.

The door 2 and body 3 are provided in the present instance with integral locking-lugs i 6o and EL, respectively, having' plane meeting' or locking' faces 5, whereby there is no backlash or appreciable tendency of the door to creep back in its jamb. For the purpose of locking' such a door in its seat the door is proo5 vided with a pair of rotary bolts 6, having smooth circular bolt-heads 6, which may be a part of or tightly screwed on right and left hand threaded portions or shanks 7, threaded into opening's 8, formed in the metal of the 7o door, to permit which when the door is made of unmachineable metal, as is usual, inserts of sott metal or steel which can bc readily threaded will be provided in a rearwardly-extending tlang'e thereof. For rotating these 75 bolts a bevel-gear 9, mounted on a sleeve 10, located on the square ends or splined to the ends of the bolts, is provided, so that the bolts may move longitudinally of the sleeve during' the `'rotation thereof, and meshing' with this 8o bevel-g'ear is a bevel-gear 11, secu red to the end of a spindle 12, which projects through the door. Since the bolts could be rotated to retract the same after they were protracted unless some means was used to prevent this, the bevel 85 g'car 9, carried by the sleeve, is shown loosely mounted upon such sleeve, and for the pu rpose of lixedly connecting' it with such sleeve, and thereby with the bolts` a clutch 13 is provided, theclutch-teeth 14ofonememberthere- 9o of being' formed on or as a part of the bevelgear, while the other portion 15 of the clutch is splined to the sleeve and is under the control of a clutch-shifter Y1,6, pivotally secured to a plate 17, locatedin a chamber 18 of the door, which may be formed with a flange 19, so as to provide this chamber for the reception of the operating parts of the bolting mechanism. The doormay also be provided with an annular shoulder 2O for the attachment of a plate Q1 for the lock mechanism, which, as shown, comprises a time-lock Q2 and an automatic 28, the details of which it is not necessary to show herein, they being of the usual construction. rIhe automatic has a projecting' pin or stud 24 at its rear, which eX- tends into an opening 25 ot' the clutch-shifter 16, and when this automatic through the action of its springs retracts its plunger or carriage 24 in the usual manner after the time movements of the timing mechanism have run down, so as to trip the automatic, the clutchshifter is moved so as to throw the splined clutch member into engagement with the bevel-gear clutch member, thereby connecting the latter with the bolts, whereupon on the rotation of the spindle the bolts will be retracted.

When starting the timing mechanism, it is of course necessary to set the automatic before the door is closed, and this setting ofthe automatic tends to protract the plunger or carriage and set and latch the levers which hold the carriage in its protracted position. This movement ot' the carriage throws the splined clutch member through the medium of the clutch-shifter away from the bevelgear, so that upon the closing of the door it would not be possible to protract the bolts, since the bevelgear located on the sleeve would run idle. To prevent the movement of the carriage, and thereby the yclutch-shifter, notwithstanding the setting of the lockinglcvers of the automatic until the bolts have been fully protracted by the spindle, I have provided means which I term an automaticcontroller and which in the form shown comprises a spring-actuated lever 26, one end 27 of which has a pin or stud 27 engaged by a shoulder or flange 28 on one of the bolts and the other end of which is provided with an oifset or hook 29 to engage a corresponding hook 30 on the clutch-shifter, such controller being pivotally supported to one of the plates-as, for instance, the plate 21-which sustains the time and automatic mechanism. Vhen the fully protracted, the controller has been moved to release the clutch-shifter, whereupon the carriage or plunger under the ac- ,the bolts will not be retracted.

tion of its springs is immediately protracted, throwing the clutch through the medium of the clutch-shifter away from the bevel-gear clutch-teeth, and thus separating the clutch members, so that should the spindle be turned I/Vhen the time-lock, as stated, runs down and trips the automatic, the carriage moves to the left, Fig. 1, and thereby shifts the splined clutch member into engagement with the clutchteeth of the bevel-gear, so that the bolts can be retracted by the spindle, after which the door may be rotated and withdrawn.

By having the bolts rotatable by means of right and left hand threads, a large number of which threads can be provided, it is believed that the bolts cannot be rotated into their protracted position by vibration, and especially is this so in view of the peculiar formation of the locking-lugs-that is to say, by having` the lugs plane-faced there is not only no tendency ot' the door to creep back, as in those structures where the lugs have tapered faces or the door is secured by a continuous thread or mutilated thread-sections, but the bolts not being under tension owing to the plane faces of the lugs are not under a constant strain, so that not only can rotatable bolts be used, but there is no tendency of such bolts to retract. Furthermore, by having plane-faced lugs the locked position of the door will always be the same-that is to say, the door can always be rotated to the same precise point, determined by a stop, so that the bolts can be readily rotated into their boltsockets, which they may lit with a high degree of precision, whereas when continuous or mutilated thread-segments or tapered lugs are used the door may be rotated either not quite so far or farther at one time than another, since wear upon the threads or lugs would permit the door to be rotated into its wedged position farther at one time than another, while in other cases some persons might use more power than others to rotate the door to its seat, thus rotating it farther than others, in View of which circumstances it has heretofore been necessary to form the bolt-holes in the jamb with sutcient room to permit the bolts to be protracted by the automatic provided the door was rotated approximately to its iinal position. In the present improvement, however, as the door may always be rotated to a certain point, no greater power being necessary to rotate it to this point at one time than at another, nor will any wear of the lugs permit it to be rotated to a different point at one time from that to which it was previously rotated, not only may threaded rotary bolts be used, but they mayiit snugly into the jamb, the openings in the jamb being round, and in practice they would be formed y in soft metal or steel inserts, the walls ot' which, together with the ends o't' the bolts,

being' so precisionized as to g'ive this snug' fit, thus preventing' any movement of the door within its jambwhatsoever. The ends of the bolts may be beveled or tapered to facilitate the starting' in of such bolts.

The bolts are shown in the present instance as located between the innerendsof the doorlug's i and the shoulder 30' of such door and project into a pair of body-lugs et, the openings of which may be, as stated, provided with inserts which may be readily machined when the door is, as is usual, made of unmachineable metal.

'lhe term automatic as used herein is intended to mean an organization of power mechanism such, for instance, as that now well known on the market and which is constructed and adapted to operate the bolts or locking' devices of a safe or vault door under the control of a lock mechanism-such, 'for instance, as a time-lock.

Having' thus described my invention, I claim l. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' rotatable, threaded bolts located to project at the periphery of the door, and means for rotating' said bolts and comprising' a spindle, gearing' for communicating' motion from said spindle to the bolts, clutch mechanism to ellect or break such connection, and time-lock mechanism and an automatic for (,:ontrolling' the connection of such clutch mechanism.

2. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' rotatable bolts shi'ftable endwise beyond the periphery of the door and an automatic for controlling' the rotation of said boltsl through intermediate mechanism.

3. A safe or vaulteomprising' a body and a rotary door, having' integral locking' lug's or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting' or locking' parts, and means for preventing' the rotation of the door in its seat and comprising' rotary bolts.

A safe or vault comprising' a body and a rotary door having' integral lockingl lug's or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting' or locking' parts, and means for preventing' the rotation of the door in its seat and comprising' rotary bolts having' right and left hand threaded portions.

A safe or vault comprising' a body and an integral rotary door having' integ'ral locking-lugs provided with plane-'faced meeting' or locking' parts, means for preventing' rotation of the door within its seat, comprising' bolts projecting' into the jambA thereof, provided with rig'ht and left hand threaded portions, and an automatic for controlling' the retraction of said bolts.

(S. A safe or vault comprising' a body and a rotary door, having' integral locking'lug's or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting' or locking' parts, means for preventing' the rotation of the doei' in its seat and comprising' rotary bolts, a spindle, means connecting' said spindle with said bolts, and an automatic for g'overning' the connection between said spindle and said bolts.

7. A safe or vault comprising' a body and a rotary door having' integral locking' lug's or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting' or locking' parts, means for preventing' the rotation of the door in its seat and comprising' rotary bolts, and an automatic for controlling' the retraction of said bolts.

8. A safe or vault comprising' a body and a door having' cooperating intcg'ral locking'- lug's, said door having' an annular shoulder adapted to eng'ag'e the outer ends of the bodylugs and limit inward movementof the door, and means for preventing' rotation of thedoor, comprising' bolts located to project intermediate the shoulder and lug's of the door and into the jam b of the body.

9. A safe or vault comprising' a body and a door having' cm'perating' integ'ral locking'- lug's, said door having' an annular shoulder adapted to engage the outer ends of the bodylug's and limit inward movement of the door, means for preventing' rotation of the door, comprising' bolts located to project intermediate the shoulder and lug's of the door and into the jamb of the body, and an automatic for controlling' the retraction of said bolts.

lO. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' bolts having' threaded shanks and located to project at the periphery of the door, means for actuating' said bolts, and an automatic for controlling' the movements of said bolts.

11. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism cou'iprising' rotatable bolts having' threaded portions and located to projectat the periphery thereof, a spindle, means for connecting said spindle with the bolts and an automatic for controlling' such connection. Y

12. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' rotatable bolts located to project at the periphery thereof, a spindle, means for connecting' said spindle with the bolts and an automatic for controlling' such connection.

13. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' rig'ht and left hand threaded rotatable bolts located to project at the periphery thereof, a spindle, gearing' 'for connmmieating' motion from said spindle to the bolts, clutch mechanism to effect or break such connection, and means for controlling' the connection of such clutch mechanism.

14:. A safe or vault door bolting' mechanism comprising' rig'ht and left hand threaded bolts located to project at the periphery thereof, a spindle, gearing' for communicating' motion from said spindle to the bolts, clutch mechanism to effect or break such connection, and au automatic for controlling' the connection of such clutch mechanism.

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15. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising rotatable bolts, a spindle, a bevelgear carried thereby, a bevelgear in mesh therewith, clutch mechanism connecting said last-mentioned bevel-gear with the rotatable bolts, a clutch-shifter, and an automatic connected with such clutch-shifter for controlling the retraction of the bolts.

16. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising rotatable'bolts, a spindle, a bevelgear carried thereby, a bevel-gear in mesh therewith, clutch mechanism connecting said last-mentioned bevel-gear with the rotatable bolts, a clutch-shifter, an automatic connected with such clutch-shifter for controlling the retraction of the bolts, and means for controlling the action of the automatic until the bolts are protracted.

17. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, means for shifting said bolts and including a clutchshifter, and an automatic connected with said clutch-shifter to control the movement there- 18. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, an automatic for controlling the retraction of said bolts, and means for preventing movement of the carriage or plunger of said automatic during the protraction of such bolts.

19. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, a spindle for working said bolts, and an automatic for controlling the retraction of said bolts through intermediate mechanism.

20. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism the combination of locking-bolts, an automatic for controlling the retraction of said bolts, and means under the control of one of the bolts for preventing movement of the carriage or plunger of said automatic during the protraction of such bolts.

21. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, a spindle for working said bolts, an automatic for controlling the retraction of said bolts, and means under the control of one of the bolts for controlling said automatic during the protraction of such bolts.

22. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, means for shifting said bolts and including a clutchshifter, an automatic connected with said clutch-shifter to control the movement thereof, and means for preventing the movement of said clutch-shifter during the setting of said automatic.

23. In a safe or vault door bolting mechanism, the combination of locking-bolts, means for shifting said bolts and including a clutchshifter, an automatic connected with said clutch-shifter to control the movement thereof, and means for preventing the movement of said clutch-shifter during the setting of said automatic, said means having connection with one of the bolts and controlled by the movement thereof.

24. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising rotatable bolts, an automatic controlling the retraction of said bolts, and means controlled by one of said bolts for controlling the action of said automatic during the protraction of the bolts.

25. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising a plurality of right and left hand threaded rotatable bolts, a spindle, a bevelgear carried thereby,- a bevel-gear in mesh therewith, a clutch for connecting said lastmentioned bevelgear with the bolts to permit the rotation thereof by the spindle, a clutchshifter, an automatic connected with said clutch-shifter for controlling the action of said clutch, and a controller for said automatic to prevent the separation of the clutch members during the setting of the automatic.

26. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising a plurality of right and left hand threaded rotatable bolts, a spindle, a bevelgear carried thereby, a ,bevel-gear in mesh therewith, a clutch for connecting said lastmentioned bevel-gear with the bolts to permit the rotation thereof by the spindle, a clutchshifter, an automatic connected with said clutch-shifter for controlling the action of said clutch, and a controller for said automatic to prevent the separation of the clutch members during the setting of the automatic, said controller having connection with one of the rotatable bolts so that when the same are protracted the clutch-shifter will be released to permit the separation of the clutch members by the automatic.

27. A safe or vault comprising a body and a rotary door, having integral locking lugs or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting or locking parts, means for preventing the rotation lof the door in its seat and comprising rotary bolts and lock mechanism controlling the operation of said bolts.

28. A safe or vault comprising a body and rotary door having integral locking lugs or surfaces provided with plane-faced meeting or locking parts, and means for preventing the rotation of the door in its seat and comprising bolts having right and left han threaded portions.

29. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising right and left hand thread rotatable bolts located to project at the periphery of the door, means for rotating said bolts, and an automatic for controlling the rotation of such bolts.

30. A safe or vault door bolting mechanism comprising threaded, rotatable bolts, and an automatic for controlling the rotationof said bolts through intermediate mechanism.

31. A safe or vault door bolting 'mechanism comprising threaded, rotatable bolts, an autoinatic Vfor controlling the rotation of said and moans for controlling' the action of tho bolts7 and a lock mechanism for oontrolllngautomatic.

tbe action of tlio automatic. f f Y n Y l l l. 3Q. A sato or Vault door bolting mechanism y ll ALUJR BRINIOA comprising rotatable bolts sliit'table ontlwise lVitnessos: bovoml the periphery of tlio door an anto- JACon STnUnLn,

matic t'or controllingtlio rotation ot' said bolts, KNOX '.IAYLOR. 

